BIRDS OF THE BRISTOL DISTRICT. 377 



Genus. Anas. 



A. tadorna - Common Shieldrake - Indigenous - not uncommon 

 (Banks of Severn ; Barrow. G. H.) 



A. clypeata - Shoveler - Winter \dsitor - rare 

 (Portishead. ) 



Anas acuta - Pin- tailed Duck - Winter visitor - rare 

 (Avonmouth. Eev. M. R.) 



A. boschas - Wild Duck - Indigenous - not common 



(Ponds and Marshes.) 

 A. crecca - Teal - Indigenous - rare 



(Clevedon ; Portishead.) 



A. penelope - Widgeon - Winter visitor - rare 

 (Portishead ; Ashton.) 



A. perspicillata - Surf Scoter - Winter visitor - rare 

 (Ashton. Rev. M. R.) 



A. ferina - Pochard - Winter visitor - occasional 

 (Nailsea. ) 



A. marila - Scaup Duck - Winter visitor - rare 

 (Portishead. G. H.) 



A. clangula - Golden Eye - Winter visitor - rare 

 (Near BanweU. Rev. M. R.) 



Genus. Mergus. 

 M. merganser - Goosander - Winter visitor - rare 

 (Wraxall. G. H.) 



Family. Colymbid^. 

 Genus. Podiceps. 



P. minor Little Grebe - Indigenous - occasional 



(On the Avon.) 



Genus. Coltmbus. 



C. glacialis - Great Northern Diver - Winter visitor - very rare 

 (Two specimens in Floating Harbour some years since.) 



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